Complications after 147 consecutive vertebral column resections for severe pediatric spinal deformity: A multicenter analysis

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 119-132

  Lenke, Lawrence G ^a   Newton, Peter O ^b   Sucato, Daniel J ^c   Shufflebarger, Harry L ^d   Emans, John B ^e   Sponseller, Paul D ^f   Shah, Suken A ^g   Sides, Brenda A ^a   Blanke, Kathy M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

multicenter analysis; outcomes; severe pediatric spinal deformity; vertebral column resection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRAIN EDEMA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COBB ANGLE; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; KYPHOSIS; LIQUORRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; OSTEOTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROMA; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TONGUE SWELLING; TREATMENT INDICATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; OPERATIVE TIME; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872899846     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318269fab1     Document Type: Article

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